CPWF 3rd International Forum on Water and Food, 14-17 November 2011

NBDC Planning

Link to Forum web site

Results and materials

Original proposals and abstracts

1. Opening-day basin success stories (5 mins each, inspirational and motivational)

OK - Farmer innovations to improve the productivity of rainwater management systems
OK - National platform formation in the Nile Basin: a window of opportunity
OK - Fighting poverty through innovations in small scale irrigation and resource sharing: the case of Mada-jalala resettled community in the Blue Nile Basin of Ethiopia

2. TWG sessions

OK - Emerging cross-basin challenges in terms of spatial analysis and modeling (charlotte/an/catherine/Lisa)
OK - Rainwater management systems to enhance food security, resilience and adaptation to climate change (tilahun/bharat/debbie)
OK - Ecosystem services and socio-ecological resilience of a landscape: case study from three catchments in the Blue Nile basin of Ethiopia (mulugeta)
OK - Participatory video as a means of capturing community perspectives on rainwater management (alan/katherine/beth)
OK - Linking Applied Research to Investment Programs Increases Returns to Investment (doug and tadele)
OK - Improved management of land and water requires approaches that encourage and support local innovation (doug and tadele)
OK - Principles and practices to integrate livestock into rainwater management: an example from mixed crop livestock systems in the Blue Nile Basin (Ethiopia) - amare
OK- Principles and practices to integrate livestock into rainwater management an example from mixed crop livestock systems in the Blue Nile Basin (Ethiopia) - Teklu
OK - Anticipating Economic, Social, and Environmental Impacts of Rainwater Management Strategies using a Multicriteria Optimization Model: The Case of Abay in the Blue Nile Basin - Kinde
OK- Improved Management of Vertisols can Impact local Agricultural Water Productivity and Downstream Water Flow: An example from the Abbay Basin, Ethiopia - Teklu
OK - Monitoring and Modeling: supporting decisions for livelihood improvement in the Blue Nile basin of Ethiopian Highlands (Birhanu)
OK - Assessing the impacts of existing and planned water storage development in the Ethiopian Highlands under current and projected future climate - matthew

3. Basin messages sessions (led by two basins together in order to drive discussions beyond basin scope)

OK - Local innovation platforms: how do they play out in different basins and what are the key research questions? (kees/alan/andre/eva/volta)
OK - Matching rainwater management practices: What are the 'best bets' and how do we match/combine them?. (catherine/an/peter/?)